Building Better Lives Together newsletter
Our quarterly newsletter, Building Better Lives Together, provides an update on our work to our valued friends and supporters. We feature stories from participants and showcase programs that are helping people and communities overcome disadvantage.
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Building Better Lives Together September 2023
- Executive Director Update - September 2023
- Showcasing our 93-year history tackling poverty in Victoria
- Sambell 0ration 2023 - ‘Hard Heads and Warm Hearts’
- Given the Chance celebrates 15 years in partnership with ANZ
- Saver Plus expands nationally to help all eligible people reach their savings goals
- Supporting low-income households in the move towards electrification
- BSL volunteers bridge the digital divide
- BSL Stepping Stones participants band together to open a new store
- Laying the foundations to improve learning outcomes for children
- Q and A with Voice to Parliament Engagement Coordinator, Cath Bradley
- Survey Winners Announced
Building Better Lives Together June 2023
- Executive Director Update - June 2023
- Tackling poverty in the early years
- Pathways to youth employment
- Tucker Oration 2023 – ‘Faith and Justice in a Secular Age’
- Volunteers are Change Makers!
- The voice of different generations
- Education is a crucial building block for a brighter future
- HAVE YOUR SAY – WIN A PRIZE!
Building Better Lives Together March 2023
- Executive Director Update - March 2023
- Early Years Strategy – giving all kids the start they deserve
- We introduce Nyakuoth in our Autumn Appeal
- Better ways to help women back into work
- Helping low-income households deal with energy price shock
- Mount Waverley - one of BSL’s oldest Op Shops
- Clifton Hill Aged Care officially opened
- New principal welcomed at BSL’s David Scott School
- Why the Voice to Parliament matters
- Returning a Digger’s WWI diary
- Take our BBL Survey
Building Better Lives Together December 2022
- Building a brighter future
- Executive Director Update - December 2022
- Volunteering – the whole community benefits!
- The Sambell Oration
- Raising our voice at the Federal Government's Jobs and Skills Summit
- Mill Park – meet your new op shop!
Building Better Lives Together September 2022
- Striving and thriving
- Executive Director Update - September 2022
- HIPPY – successfully renewed for another 5 years
- Helping young people get ‘first job ready’
- Farewell to Transition to Work
Building Better Lives Together June 2022
- Creating Connections
- Executive Director’s update
- Aged Care Reforms
- Buy Now Pay Later
- Ticket to Work
- Power Saving Bonus
Building Better Lives Together March 2022
- Executive Director’s update
- Introducing Travers McLeod
- Creating Lasting Change
- Supporting older people without access to aged care services
- Supporting children and families in Fitzroy
- Volunteering at BSL benefits both volunteers and the community
Building Better Lives Together December 2021
- Building a brighter future
- Stepping Stones to Small Business
- A safe place to play
- 90 years of supporting the community to thrive
- Did you know 1 in 6 children in Australia live in poverty?
Building Better Lives Together September 2021
In this edition
- A story of triumph and hope
- Executive Director’s update
- Our vision for reconciliation
- Power Saving Bonus – a gateway to further support
- Celebrating 50,000 Savers over 18 years of service!
- Changing Gears
Building Better Lives Together June 2021
In this edition
- A story of incredible resilience and triumph
- Executive Director’s update
- Meet one of our people behind the research
- Business Chicks: supporting women's financial wellbeing
- Jono's journey
- Peter's determined legacy
Building better lives together March 2021
- A young woman’s journey in the face of adversity
- Executive Director’s update
- The circle of giving
- Community-led solutions for sustainable youth employment
- Stepping Stones to Small Business
- Business Chicks: reimagining the future for women
- Challenging inequity
Previous editions
- Building Better Lives Together December 2020 (PDF, 309 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together October 2020 (PDF, 399 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together June 2020 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Building Better Lives Together April 2020 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Building Better Lives Together December 2019 (PDF, 167 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together September 2019 (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Building Better Lives Together June 2019 (PDF, 411 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together March 2019 (PDF, 413 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together December 2018 (PDF, 582 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together September 2018 (PDF, 623 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together June 2018 (PDF, 689 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together March 2018 (PDF, 600 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together December 2017 (PDF, 488 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together September 2017 (PDF, 939 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together June 2017 (PDF, 593 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together March 2017 (PDF, 2 MB)
- Building Better Lives Together December 2016 (PDF, 826 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together September 2016 (PDF, 359 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together June 2016 (PDF, 619 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together March 2016 (PDF, 390 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together December 2015 (PDF, 465 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together September 2015 (PDF, 477 KB)
- Building Better Lives Together June 2015 (PDF, 464 KB)